Mop-wringer



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J.S'EALBY.

MOP WRINGBR.

Patented Septi ZZ, 1896.`

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JAMES SEALEY, OF GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN.

IVlOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,283, datedSeptember 22, 1896.

Application lecl January 17, 1896. Serial No. 575,874. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES SEALEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenville, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Mop- VVringer, of which the following isa specilication.

My invention relates to mop-wringers, and has for its object to providea simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction and arrangement of4parts for attachment to a pail or receptacle and adapted to be detachedwith facility, the same being provided with means for adjustment to suitmops of different thicknesses.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of amop-Wringerconstructed in accordance with my invention applied in theoperative position to a pail or receptacle. Fig. 2 is a side view,partly in section, of the same, showing the gate or movable section inits open position. Fig. 3 is a partial plan view, broken away to showthe bearings. Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective of one of theclutches engaging the edge of the receptacle.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

rlhe frame of the mop-Wrin ger includes parallel side bars 1, connectedat their extremities by transverse rods 2, which are terminally threadedand are engaged by inner and outer securing-nuts 3 and 4, respectively,to bear against the opposite surfaces of the side bars. Secured to theside bars near one end are the guide-boxes 5, having side slots 6, andmounted in said boxes are movable bearing-blocks '7, in which aremounted the trunnions 8 of a roller 9. ranged in said guide-boxes tohold the bearing-blocks, and hence the roller 9, in the normal position.The guide-boxes 5 are secured to the side bars by means of pendent ears11, arranged in contact with opposite side surfaces of the bars andsecured by bolts,12. Preferably secured by the same bolts 12 areclutches 13 for engaging the rim of a pail or Springs 10 are also ar-4receptacle 14, said clutches having approximately parallel arms 15,provided with sharpened or reduced inner edges to engage, respectively,the inner and 4outer surfaces of the pail or receptacle. These arms arebeveled, respectively, in opposite directions, one upon the outer andthe other upon the inner side, as shown clearly in the drawings, toconform to the cylindrical construction of the pail.

Arranged Vto -coperate with the roller 9 is a roller 16, havingtrunnions 17, mounted in bearingslS, carried by guides 19, these guidesbeing fitted for longitudinal adjustment upon side arms 2O of a gate orhinged member of the wringer. Said side arms of the gate are preferablyhinged, as at 21, to the side bars 1 of the frame, and the hingedextremities of said side arms are beveled, as shown at 22, to bear uponthe upper surfaces of the side bars 1 when the gate is in its openposition, said open position being designed to facilitate theintroduction of the mop into the pail or receptacle. The arms 20 areconnected attheir free ends by a pressure-bar 23 and near their hingedends by a transverse rest 24, to the former of which is bolted the frontend of a foot-rest 25, the rear end of said foot-rest bearing upon therest-bar 24. Said pressure and rest bars are preferably attened, asshown, to give a suitable bearing for the footrest, and the pressure-baris reduced and threaded at its extremities to engage perforations in thefree ends of the side arms 20, suitable adjusting and locking nuts 26and 27 being fitted upon said threaded extremities of the pressure-barto bear, respectively, against the inner and outer surfaces of the sidearms.

The guides 19, which are fitted to slide upon the side arms of the gate,are tubular in construction, with side slots 28, through which thecontiguous portions of the pressure-bar project, and said guide is heldat the desired l adjustment to hold the roller 16 in the desiredposition with relation to the roller 9 by means of bolts 29, alsoextending through slots 30 in the upper and lower sides of theguides'and engaged by thumb-nuts 31.

In operation the gate is opened or thrown back to the position shown inFig. 2 by grasping the pressure-bar, and the mop is intro- IOO ducedinto the pail or receptacle, after which the gate is closed, the handleof the mop being held out of the way of the roller 1G, and the mop iswithdrawn between the rollers, while the roller 1G is held in place bypressure upon the foot-rest 25. By the means above described the roller1G may be adjusted toward and from the roller 19 to suit the thicknessof the mop and cause the desired pressure thereon.

The movable roller, which is carried by the swinging gate, ismounted forupward movement from its normal position conti guous to and in the samehorizontal plane with the stationary roller, whereby it is held in saidnormal position by gravity to avoid the necessity, under ordinarycircumstances or except when excessive pressure is to be applied to themop, of holding it in such position by means of foot-pressure.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

and the minor details of construction maybe resorted to withoutdeparting' from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages ot' thisinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is* l. A mop-wringcr havinga frame, a roller mounted in yielding bearin gs upon the frame, aswinging gate mounted on the frame, a second roller mounted upon theswinging gate to cooperate with the first-named roller and normally heldby gravity in a position contiguous to and i'n the plane of thefirst-nam ed roller, and a foot-rest on the swinging gate, the downwardmovement of the second roller being limited to prevent the depressionthereof below the plane of the first-named roller, substantially asspecified.

2. A mop-wringer having a frame, a yielding spring-pressed rollermounted upon the the frame, a swinging gate,a second roller mounted uponsaid gate, and means for adjusting said second roller transversely uponthe frame toward and from the first-named roller and locking it at thedesired adjustment, substantially as specified.

A mop-wringer having a frame, a roller mounted in sliding bearings uponthe frame,

for locking said guides at the desired adjust-4 ment, and a secondroller mounted in bearings on said guides and adapted to be adjustedtherewith toward and from the first-named roller, substantially asspecified.

5. In a mop-wringer, the combination with a frame and a roller mountedthereon, of a swinging gate hinged to the frame an d having parallelside arms, tubular guides iitted to slide upon said side arms, lockingdevices for securing said guides at the desired adjust-` ment, a secondroller mounted in bearings on the guides and adapted to be adjustedtherewith toward and from the first-named roller, and a foot-rest onsaid gate, substantially as specified.

6. In a mop-wringer, the combination with a frame and a roller mountedthereon, of a swinging gate hinged to the frame and having parallel sidearms, parallel pressure and rest bars connecting said side arms7 meansfor adjusting the pressure-bar, a foot-rest carried by the pressure andrest bars, guides arranged to slide upon the side arms ol the swinginggate, locking devices consisting of bolts and thumb-nuts for securingsaid guides at the desired adjustment, and a second roller mounted inbearings on the guide and adapted to be adjusted therewith toward andfrom the iirst-named roller, substantially as specified.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES SEALEY. lifiliiesses:

COLLINS THURBER, CLARK TERRY.

